Synergistic Effects of Pentoxifylline and Hyperbaric Oxygen on Skin Flaps

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 977-981

  Nemiroff, Paul M ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DRUG THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; THERAPY;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG SYNERGISM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; THEOBROMINE;

EID: 0023686526     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1988.01860210043012     Document Type: Article

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